1st Edition
Chinese Student Migration and Selective Citizenship Mobility, Community and Identity Between China and the United States
By Lisong Liu
Copyright 2016
260 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Since China began its open-door and reform policies in 1978, more than three million Chinese students have migrated to study abroad, and the United States has been their top destination. The recent surge of students following this pattern, along with the rising tide of Chinese middle- and upper-classes' emigration out of China, have aroused wide public and scholarly attention in both China and... Read more
Introduction 1. Reinventing the "American dream": four waves of post-1978 Chinese student migration 2. Study-abroad intermediaries, market, and debates on international education 3. From students to immigrants: politics, corporations, and status adjustment laws 4. Student and professional migrants in post-1965 America 5. Return migration and selective citizenship Epilogue
Biography
Lisong Liu is Assistant Professor of History and co-ordinator for Asian Studies at Susquehanna University, USA.
